David H.’s Reviews > The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection > Status Update
David H.
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Surfacing - Williams: These people are not having a whale of a good time.
Home Front - Kelly: Growing up in an America at war.
The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady - Stableford: An alternate history where vampires use their powers and elite status to control humanity.
Peaches for Mad Molly - Gould: Housing is expensive, so why not live on the outside of 700+ story tall buildings? Really fun.
— Mar 08, 2026 09:46PM
Home Front - Kelly: Growing up in an America at war.
The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady - Stableford: An alternate history where vampires use their powers and elite status to control humanity.
Peaches for Mad Molly - Gould: Housing is expensive, so why not live on the outside of 700+ story tall buildings? Really fun.
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David H.
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Dying in Hull - Smith: An older woman scavenging the remains of her climate-flooded town.
Distances - Koja: People with computerjacks in their head have some issues.
Famous Monsters - Newman: A Martian reminisces on his career in Hollywood.
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter - Shepard: A young woman is trapped inside a giant time-frozen dragon for years.
— Mar 15, 2026 11:16AM
Distances - Koja: People with computerjacks in their head have some issues.
Famous Monsters - Newman: A Martian reminisces on his career in Hollywood.
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter - Shepard: A young woman is trapped inside a giant time-frozen dragon for years.
David H.
is 84% done
Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner - Kessel: Do you really want to win Bingo, though?
Emissary - Kraus: This started out so great but the narrator was just a bit too competent.
It Was the Heat - Cadigan: What happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans, maybe.
Skin Deep - Rusch: Alien farm worker under cover makes a realization and a decision.
— Mar 15, 2026 05:41AM
Emissary - Kraus: This started out so great but the narrator was just a bit too competent.
It Was the Heat - Cadigan: What happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans, maybe.
Skin Deep - Rusch: Alien farm worker under cover makes a realization and a decision.
David H.
is 75% done
The Growth of the House of Usher - Stableford: A dying man is really into his dead sister and bio-buildings.
Glacier - Robinson: A cooling world and a glacier outside Boston.
Sanctuary - Lawson: Cyberpunk mystery in the Southwest.
The Dragon Line - Swanwick: Arthurian characters in the present, dealing with family & pollution.
— Mar 14, 2026 01:25PM
Glacier - Robinson: A cooling world and a glacier outside Boston.
Sanctuary - Lawson: Cyberpunk mystery in the Southwest.
The Dragon Line - Swanwick: Arthurian characters in the present, dealing with family & pollution.
David H.
is 60% done
Our Neural Chernobyl - Sterling: A special virus causes issues globally. Beware the Raccoon Kingdom.
House of Bones - Silverberg: A time traveler is stuck 20k years in the past.
Schrödinger's Kitten - Effinger: A young woman has many futures ahead of her.
Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? - Waldrop: Reread. This was a very enjoyable nostalgia trip to the late '60s with a fun ending.
— Mar 14, 2026 07:34AM
House of Bones - Silverberg: A time traveler is stuck 20k years in the past.
Schrödinger's Kitten - Effinger: A young woman has many futures ahead of her.
Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? - Waldrop: Reread. This was a very enjoyable nostalgia trip to the late '60s with a fun ending.
David H.
is 48% done
The Girl Who Loved Animals - McAllister: She really did.
The Last of the Winnebagos - Willis: RVs are banned, the Humane Society are powerful cops, and all the dogs are gone.
Love in Vain - Shiner: Failing marriage, old connections, and a serial killer with powers.
The Hob - Moffett: The hobs of Northern England are apparently real and a bit out of this world.
— Mar 13, 2026 12:12PM
The Last of the Winnebagos - Willis: RVs are banned, the Humane Society are powerful cops, and all the dogs are gone.
Love in Vain - Shiner: Failing marriage, old connections, and a serial killer with powers.
The Hob - Moffett: The hobs of Northern England are apparently real and a bit out of this world.
David H.
is 30% done
The Last Article - Turtledove: Reread. Nazis win WWII, take over India. Gandhi attempts independence.
Stable Strategies for Middle Management - Gunn: Corporate management is a cutthroat arena..
In Memoriam - Kress: The role of memories and the end of life. Wiping yourself to start again, hmm.
Kirinyaga - Resnick: Reread. I feel like I can see what he meant with this story, but I still don't like it.
— Mar 09, 2026 12:07AM
Stable Strategies for Middle Management - Gunn: Corporate management is a cutthroat arena..
In Memoriam - Kress: The role of memories and the end of life. Wiping yourself to start again, hmm.
Kirinyaga - Resnick: Reread. I feel like I can see what he meant with this story, but I still don't like it.
